"Jane Piirto's  My Teeming Brain  makes the writer's life come alive by combining biographical and autobiographical excerpts with a solid theoretical framework. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the psychology of creative writing. "

"Jane Piirto in My Teeming Brain  has written one of the best books  I've ever read about the creative process. Everyone who is interested in the creative process will benefit by reading this excellent work. "

"Jane Piirto’s My Teeming Brain  is vitally useful for writers as well as psychologists.  Piirto  understands writers and their problems better than anyone else in this field. "

This is a book like no other. Hundreds of books are written on "how" to write, but few are written on what creative writers are like. What are their personality attributes, what constitutes their creative process, what is the business end of being a writer? 160 contemporary U .S. writers are studied. 16 themes running throughout their lives are discussed. Written in readable prose, this book is a must for those who want to be creative writers or for those who want to know them. JANE PIIRTO, Ph.D., is Trustees' Professor, Ashland University, Ashland, OH. An award-winning novelist and poet, she is a specialist in creativity, the education of the gifted and talented and qualitative research. This book is a follow-up of her comprehensive study of creativity, Understanding Those Who Create.